Photo by Autumn Walter |CIGAR| Zach DeLuca – Senior Farewell Whenever I tell people about my academic career I tend to say I took, what I call, an “unconventional route” through college. I graduated from high school back in 2011. Now, after traveling around the country and world, withdrawing and re-enrolling in school, being a…
If you’re a fan of thrillers that keep you white-knuckling the cup-holders of your seat, or the hand of whoever is next to you, Director John Krasinski has the perfect flick for you. I cannot remember the last horror film I saw that is as engrossing as “A Quiet Place.” Set mere years in the…
“Wicked Workout,” the latest endeavor from University of Rhode Island student filmmaker Chris Anderson ‘18, leads him away from short films and into the world of episodic television. Anderson says he just finished the final draft of the “Wicked Workout” pilot. As suggested by the title, the show takes place primarily in a gym owned…
“Game Over, Man!” is exactly the kind of action-comedy you’d expect to get when you let the stars and creators of “Workaholics” free from the restrictions of basic cable censors. It’s basically a knock off of “Die Hard,” just with more drugs, gore and full-frontal male nudity. The Netflix original film, which released last Friday,…
Americans tune in religiously for Sunday Night Football 17 weeks of the year, but one game on Jan. 18, 2015, between the New England Patriots and Indianapolis Colts sparked a scandal that led to heated conversation among families and the media — Deflategate. The intense, and sometimes obsessive, coverage of Deflategate by the press is…
Nearly a decade after stunning audiences with his first stop-motion adventure, writer and director Wes Anderson returns to the intricate form with “Isle of Dogs.” Filled with his signature humor and witty dialogue, the film proves to be another meticulously constructed delight from the modern auteur. Set 20 years in the future in the Japanese…
As if they weren’t already sucking up everyone’s free time or dominating competing streaming services, this past Tuesday Netflix announced a major boost of “original” content coming in 2018. Media mogul and Netflix CFO, David Wells, announced the company’s plan while speaking at the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media & Telecom Conference on Tuesday, Feb. 27….
From the moment the film begins, “Black Panther” is like nothing we’ve ever seen before. It’s refined vision of Wakanda and characters fulfill the demands of superhero spectacle with great subtext. The movie follows T’Challa (Chadwick Boseman) who returns home to the isolated, technologically advanced African nation of Wakanda to take his place as King…
Students on the verge of graduating from college can be overwhelmed by fears as they search for job opportunities and places to live besides their parents’ basement. For one recent University of Rhode Island graduate, this time of uncertainty was exciting. It gave him a chance to take a risk. Robert Riglietti graduated from URI…
Photo by Anna Messick | Ice skating at Boss Arena is just one of many fun winter activities in the area. When people think of Rhode Island, the Ocean State, they often picture a nice sunny day at one of the many local beaches. What they don’t always think of are the long snowy months that…